Laurence Talairach is a Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès and an associate researcher at the Alexandre-Koyré Center for the History of Science and Technology (Paris)….Read More >
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CBCP Visiting Research Fellowships open for 2023-4
We are pleased to invite applications for 3 funded Visiting Research Fellowships to scholars looking to conduct research and shape a new project drawing on the University of Reading’s Archives…Read More >
SHARP Call for Papers now out
The SHARP call for papers is now available on our Events page for the 2024 conference. Logo designed by student Clara Fidler-Brown (Typography & Graphic Communication). Abstracts are due early…Read More >
Abeera Zishan
PhD project: Reading Urdu on the internet: Lahori Nastaʿlīq as a case study for enabling digital parity across global scripts Funding: SWWDTP2-funded Supervisors: Prof Gerry Leonidas (University of Reading) and…Read More >
Cristina De Luca
PhD project: How do inter-firm circulation agreements affect authors’ reception in the publishing field? The Einaudi-Mondadori agreements of 1957 and 1967 Email: c.deluca@pgr.reading.ac.uk Funding: SWW-DTP Supervisors: Professor Daniela La Penna,…Read More >
Typodiversity 01: exploring the Arabic script world
CBCP is collaborating with Typodiversity, an open, participatory event series combining talks and workshops on the intersection of research and practice in typography and type design. Our agenda raises issues…Read More >
Dr Abba Abba – British Academy Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Abba Abba’s research engagement has been devoted to the study of Biafran identity and secessionist discourse. In his proposed research at University of Reading he is working with Dr…Read More >
Dr Margarida Castellano Sanz, CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. Castellano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Literature Teaching at the University of València. She holds a Ph.D. in Language, Literature and Culture (UV) and…Read More >
Way of Type – Evolution of Chinese Typeforms
A new exhibition in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication charts the development of type and type-making technologies in China, from the invention of movable type in the eleventh…Read More >
CBCP Summer School 2023 – full programme released and enrolment open
We are pleased to announce the full programme for the inaugural Summer School to be held on 20 and 21 June 2023. The event will be held at the Department…Read More >
